Mystery Silver-Gold-Copper Project

Mystery is a large, early-stage exploration property prospective for copper, gold and silver. The project comprises 14 mineral claims covering 12,193 hectares in the Shelford Hills area west of Oosta Lake, on the western side of the Nechako plateau.  Mystery is 30 km northeast of the inacative Huckleberry Cu mine and 15km south of the historical Silver Queen deposit. 

Topography in the area is characterized by a distinct series of rolling hills rising to some 400m above the surrounding plains, forming a roughly circular area 12 kilometres in diameter.

The hills are composed largely of andesitic volcanic rocks underlain or intruded by a series of monzonite and granodiorite stocks. Alteration in the form of pyritization and tourmalinization of the volcanics in the area is recognized in certain zones, often coincident with anomalous geochemistry. Previous operators saw potential for low-intermediate sulphidation epithermal gold-silver +/- base metals as well as potential for porphyry copper deposits at depth.

The Shelford Hills have been explored by several operators from the 1960s onward. Anomalous zinc and silver was first returned from soil sampling by Kenneco in 1969.  Limited IP survey was completed in 1973/74. Follow up work was conducted in 1970s and 80s by Canamax and then Noranda, largely focused on expanded soil and silt geochemistry grids. In the 1990s additional soil sampling was undertaken by Pacific Houston Resources. 

Part of the area was covered by airborne magnetics as part of a larger exploration program in 2012/13. This survey identified a broad magnetic high over the top of the Shelford hill area as well as a northwest trending linear magnetic low the along the northeast flank of the area

Most recently, in 2017 Copper Mountain staked a claim over the original Kennco and Canamax soil anomaly, the target being a Blackwater Davidson or Equity Silver type deposit.  Stream sampling was conducted and confirmed historic results, follow up work included an airborne ZTEM survey over the broader area containing the soil anomaly.

Kootenay Resources staked Mystery over the winter of 2021/22 when the claims became available. 

Staked by Kootenay recently, 2022 marks the first year of exploration work at Mystery. 

First pass reconnaissance work returned rock chip samples of higher grade than all previous exploration.